Not Permissible to Register Two Separate Trusts for a Single Temple Under Maharashtra Public Trust Act: Bombay High Court

In an important ruling, the Bombay High Court clarified that under the scheme of the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950, it is legally not permissible to register two separate public trusts for a single temple. The decision came from the Bench of Justice Madhav J. Jamdar, who observed that such duplicate registrations would create chaos in the administration of temple trusts. Legal questions before the Court The case addressed two…